#16A17B#16A17B

#16A17B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.124 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A17B
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 123)
HSL	hsl(164, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(164, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 23.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -43.76, 10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 44.92, 166.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.121 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.124 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6489, 27.0882, 23.0861)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A17B #A1163C

analogous

#16A135 #16A17B #1681A1

triadic

#16A17B #7B16A1 #A17B16

tetradic

#16A17B #3516A1 #A1163C #81A116

square

#16A17B #3516A1 #A1163C #81A116

split-complementary

#16A17B #A11681 #A13516

monochromatic

#073529 #0F6B52 #16A17B #1DD7A4 #4BE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#16A17B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#16A17B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A17B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A17B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A17B	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a17b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.124 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bea1',
    500: '#16a17b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a17b;
$custom-light: #70bea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a17b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.597,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A17B

secondary

#C84B6D

accent

#3569F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A17B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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